{"product_id":"the-invisible-art-of-film-music-a-comprehensive-history-a-comprehensive-history-second-edition-9780810890589","title":"The Invisible Art of Film Music A Comprehensive","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second edition of this film history (1st ed., 1998) covers music scored for such films as Brokeback Mountain, Unbreakable, Sweeney Todd, Nine, and others released between 2000 and 2011. Biographical information about composers appears in sidebars, allowing the text to focus more on the history and details of the composers' film music. MacDonald offers an engaging study that presents important information about the history of film music. The book gives considerable attention to the three \"godfather\" Hollywood composers--Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Alfred Newman--but covers film composers, their scores, and their stylistic features for every decade. Composers such as Aaron Copland, whose output was mostly outside film scoring, are also included. Despite its title, however, much of the book is devoted to Hollywood film music. With its stronger analytic approach, Music and Cinema, edited by James Buhler, Caryl Flinn, and David Neumeyer, is geared more toward music majors. This volume will be useful for general readers interested in film music history and for undergraduates with no previous musical background. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and general readers. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eMusic plays an important part in the movies by underscoring emotions, heightening drama, and offering context to just about any and every scene. But most moviegoers rarely give film scores much thought—it is background, after all. This impressive text provides a comprehensive, chronological introduction to the art of film scoring, showcasing key developments of some of the most important films from 1920 to 2009, with an epilogue that takes a peek at 2010–12. Biographical sketches of 52 composers are featured as sidebars throughout the text. An extensive bibliography, general index, and title index complete the volume. Recommended for most large public libraries and for academic libraries supporting film-studies and music-composition programs. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eMacDonald updates his work The Invisible Art of Film Music: A Comprehensive History, in this second edition. This version includes the additions of 1998 to 2012, expanded articles and commentary, and photographs of composers. The work begins with a brief introduction of the early years of film history, followed by a chronological history of film music. Among the films and events of each year are 52 corresponding composer biographies, which MacDonald calls “biographical sketches,” of film music’s most influential and prominent composers, from Max Steiner to Michael Giacchino. The title concludes with an epilog that highlights the first few years of the current decade. A volume of this size, more than 600 pages, requires significant indexing. Although the general index is quite short, the title index and name index are substantial and invaluable. MacDonald does a great job organizing the book in a way that makes it valuable as a reference tool or as a cover-to-cover read. VERDICT A great resource for the general student or historian of music or film interested in the greatest and most influential movies and events of film music history. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eWhen the 1st edition of this history of Hollywood film music appeared in 1998, one reviewer called it 'the best (history) available in the market.' In this 2d edition, the author, a retired college professor, has expanded coverage to 2012. As in the 1st edition, a chronological arrangement is used to cover composers and their scores written as background music for films (Hollywood musicals like Singin' in the Rain are excluded). After a chapter on music that was used to accompany the silent films, each of the chapters that follows cover a decade of film history. These chapters begin with an overview of the decade, followed by year-by-year coverage. For each year, the author highlights a few outstanding scores and their composers, followed by a section, 'Short Cuts,' that mentions briefly a few other important film scores. For example, in the section '1939,' Max Steiner's  score for Gone with the Wind and Aaron Copeland's Of Mice and Men, get extensive coverage and brief mention is made of other film scores of the year by such composers as Erich Korngold and Dimitri Tiompkin. Each entry discusses both the music and the film (e.g., brief plot outlines). Coverage is nontechnical and anecdotal, often bordering on entertainment gossip. Scattered throughout the text are page-long profiles (each with a photograph) of 102 important composers beginning with Max Steiner and ending with Michael Giacchino, who composed the score for the 2009 animated feature Ratatouille. Each chapter also contains a list of sources used in the text. The book ends with an extensive six-page bibliography of books and articles on the subject of film music, followed by three indexes: the first on general topics, the second of film titles, and the third of names (because of the book's chronological arrangement the use of this index is essential to trace a composer's output). The book is both informative and entertaining. . . .[T]he present volume is also an excellent source of information on this subject. * American Reference Books Annual *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Biographical Sketches Preface Acknowledgments   INTRODUCTION •••••••Music and the Birth of Film••••••• The Evolution of Movie Theaters Music for Silent Films D. W. Griffith Combining Sound and Film Nine Decades of Film Music Endnotes   1920-29 ••••••The Evolution of Synchronized Sound•••••• Prelude\t   Radio   Popular Music   Movies  1920   The Movie Industry Goes West  1921   Valentino’s Tango D. w. Griffith: Dream Street  1922   Other Early Movie Sound Systems  1923   Lee De Forest’s Phonofilms The Sound of Silents  1924   Phonofilm Firsts (and Lasts) Erno Rapee: Motion Picture Moods  1925   Rival Sound Systems  1926   Warner Bros. and the Birth of Vitaphone William Fox and the Case-Sponable System Introducing the Movie Theme Song: “Charmaine”  1927   The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer The First Movietone Films Toward All-Talking Pictures More Movie Theme Songs  1928   The Transition to Talkies Achieving A Compatible Movie Sound System The Talking Trend Continues 1929   The Broadway Melody: All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! A Deluge of Musical Madness The First Oscars  Postlude Reinventing the Craft Endnotes   1930-39 •••••••The Dawn of the Golden Age ••••••• Prelude   Radio   Popular Music   Movies   The Advent of Film Underscoring   The Three Godfathers of Film Music: Max Steiner   Alfred Newman   Dimitri Tiomkin  1930   The Short-Lived Heyday Of The Musical Film 1931   Early Dramatic Film Scores Max Steiner: Cimarron Alfred Newman: Street Scene Dimitri Tiomkin: Resurrection  1932   Max Steiner: Music from Wall to Wall Alfred Newman: Music For Exotic Locales Tiomkin Takes Time Out  1933   Kong Comes Calling The Return of the Musical Harry Warren: 42nd Street  1934   The First Oscars for Music Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Alfred Newman: Our Daily Bread Jeanette MacDonald Films  1935   The Golden Age Begins Max Steiner: The Informer Arthur Bliss: Things to Come The Advent of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Waxman: The Bride of Frankenstein The Formation of Studio Music Departments  1936   The Studio System Max Steiner: The Charge of the Light Brigade Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Anthony Adverse Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times Short Cuts  1937   Mythical Places and Exotic Locales Two Scores By Max Steiner Dimitri Tiomkin: Lost Horizon Alfred Newman: The Hurricane and The Prisoner of Zenda Rule Changes for Music Oscars Short Cuts  1938   Russian Film Music Dmitri Shostakovich: A Long Career Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Max Steiner: Jezebel Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood Short Cuts  1939   Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind Steiner’s Other Scores Aaron Copland: The City and Of Mice and Men Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas Short Cuts  Postlude The Talkies Come of Age Endnotes   1940-49 •••••••World War II and Its Aftermath•••••• Prelude   Radio   Television   Popular Music   Movies 1940   Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator Franz Waxman: Rebecca Short Cuts  1941   Bernard Herrmann: Raising Kane Alfred Newman: How Green Was My Valley Miklós Rózsa: Films about Women Short Cuts  1942   Hollywood Goes To War Herbert Stothart: Mrs. Miniver More Patriotic Films Bernard Herrmann: The Magnificent Ambersons Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Kings Row Miklós Rózsa: The Jungle Book Max Steiner: Now, Voyager Short Cuts  1943   Alfred Newman: The Song of Bernadette Max Steiner: Casablanca Miklós Rózsa: Five Graves to Cairo Short Cuts  1944   David Raksin: Laura Max Steiner: Since You Went Away Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Between Two Worlds Short Cuts  1945   Miklós Rózsa and the Theremin Bernard Herrmann: Hangover Square Short Cuts  1946   Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Deception Roy Webb: Music for Thrillers Short Cuts  1947   Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Miklós Rózsa: Crime Films Short Cuts  1948   Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic Brian Easdale: The Red Shoes Max Steiner: Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Short Cuts  1949   Aaron Copland: The Brooklyn Stravinsky The Three Godfathers: Still Scoring after All These Years Short Cuts  Postlude The End of the Golden Age Endnotes   1950-59 ••••••The Decline of the Studio System•••••• Prelude   Popular Music   Television   Movies  1950   Hollywood At Midcentury Franz Waxman: Sunset Blvd. Dimitri Tiomkin: Cyrano de Bergerac and D.O.A. Alfred Newman: All about Eve Short Cuts  1951   Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still Dimitri Tiomkin: From Sci-Fi Film to Thriller Short Cuts  1952   Dimitri Tiomkin: High Noon Victor Young: From Scaramouche to The Greatest Show on Earth Short Cuts  1953   Alfred Newman: The Robe Bernard Herrmann: Three Action Potboilers Miklós Rózsa: Three Historical Dramas Short Cuts Footnote to 1953  1954   Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront Alfred Newman and Bernard Herrmann: An Unusual Partnership Short Cuts  1955   Leonard Rosenman: From East Of Eden To Rebel Without A Cause Bernard Herrmann: From The Kentuckian To The Trouble with HarrY Elmer Bernstein: The Man with the Golden Arm George Duning: Picnic Walter Schumann: The Night of the Hunter Short Cuts  1956   Victor Young: Around the World in 80 Days Elmer Bernstein: The Ten Commandments Dimitri Tiomkin: Giant and Friendly Persuasion Short Cuts  1957   Franz Waxman: The Pinnacle of His Career Malcolm Arnold: The Bridge on the River Kwai Short Cuts  1958   Bernard Herrmann: Great Collaborations Jerome Moross: The Big Country New Kids on the Block Short Cuts  1959   Miklós Rózsa: Ben-Hur Bernard Herrmann: Journey to the Center of the Earth and North by Northwest Adolph Deutsch: Some Like It Hot Jazz At The Movies: Duke Ellington and John Lewis Short Cuts  Postlude Two Rising Stars Endnotes   1960-69 ••••••The Changing of the Guard•••••• Prelude   Popular Music   Television   Movies  Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Scores for Historical Epics André Previn: Elmer Gantry Short Cuts  The Henry Mancini-Blake Edwards Collaboration Miklós Rózsa: Scoring Samuel Bronston’s Epics Elmer Bernstein: Both in and out of the Saddle Short Cuts  The New Wave Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia Two by Elmer Bernstein Two by Bernard Herrmann Short Cuts Footnote to 1962  John Addison: Tom Jones Alfred Newman: How the West Was Won Short Cuts Footnote to 1963  Laurence Rosenthal: Becket Malcolm Arnold: The Chalk Garden Short Cuts  Maurice Jarre: Doctor Zhivago Music for Epics Short Cuts  Jerry Goldsmith: A Composer for All Seasons Bernard Herrmann: Fahrenheit 451 Short Cuts  Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke Quincy Jones: Scoring Hot and Cold Ennio Morricone: Three Spaghetti Westerns New Directions in Film Music Short Cuts  John Barry: The Lion in Winter Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet Jerry Goldsmith: Planet Of The Apes Marvin Hamlisch: The Swimmer Short Cuts Footnote to 1968  John Williams: The Reivers Burt Bacharach: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Short Cuts  Postlude Passing the Torch Endnotes   1970-79 •••The Revival of the Symphonic Film Score••• Prelude   Popular Music   Television   Movies  Henry Mancini: From Darling Lili to The Night Visitor Francis Lai: Love Story Short Cuts Michel Legrand: Summer of’42 Bernard Herrmann: A Resurgence Walter Carlos: A Clockwork Orange Short Cuts Footnote to 1971  Nino Rota: The Godfather Jerry Goldsmith: The Other Deliverance: “Dueling Banjos” Short Cuts  Marvin Hamlisch: The Way We Were and The Sting Jerry Goldsmith: Papillon By Borrowing Possessed: The Exorcist Short Cuts  Richard Rodney Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express Francis Ford Coppola Films Short Cuts  David Shire: Farewell, My Lovely and The Hindenburg John Williams: Jaws Jack Nitzsche: One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Short Cuts  Bernard Herrmann: Requiem for a Musical Heavyweight In Herrmann’s wake Short Cuts  John Williams: Celestial Encounters Jerry Goldsmith: From MacArthur to Damnation Alley Short Cuts  Jerry Goldsmith: From Coma to Magic John Williams: From Jaws 2 to Superman John Carpenter and Giorgio Moroder: Two Synthesized Scores Short Cuts  Miklós Rózsa: Thriller and Fantasy Jerry Goldsmith: In Outer Space Viva Vivaldi! Three Scores in the Baroque Style Short Cuts  Postlude The Last Hurrah Endnotes   1980-89 •••••The Influence of Synthesized Sound••••• Prelude   New Technology   Popular Music   Television   Movies  John Barry: Raise the Titanic and Somewhere in Time John Williams: The Empire Strikes Back John Morris: The Elephant Man Short Cuts  Dave Grusin: On Golden Pond John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark Randy Newman: Ragtime Vangelis: Chariots of Fire Some Things Borrowed, Some Things New: Excalibur Short Cuts Basil Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian John Williams: E.T. the Extra-terrestrial Jerry Goldsmith: Poltergeist Short Cuts  Bill Conti: The Right Stuff Jerry Goldsmith: From Under Fire to Twilight Zone: The Movie Short Cuts Randy Newman: The Natural Maurice Jarre: A Passage to India and Dreamscape Short Cuts  Popular Music in Films Bruce Broughton: From Small Screen to Big Screen Short Cuts  Ennio Morricone: The Mission Jerry Goldsmith: Hoosiers Short Cuts  John Williams: Empire of the Sun A Multicultural Score: The Last Emperor Peter Martin and Borrowed Classical Themes: Hope and Glory Short Cuts  Alan Silvestri: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Danny Elfman: Beetlejuice Hans Zimmer: Rain Man Short Cuts  James Horner: Field of Dreams Patrick Doyle: Henry V John Williams: Born on the Fourth of July Short Cuts  Postlude An Emphasis on Youth Endnotes   1990-99 ••••••••The Rise of Independent Films•••••••• Prelude   Popular Music in Films   Television   Movies  John Barry: Dances with Wolves Danny Elfman: Edward Scissorhands Randy Newman: Avalon and Awakenings Short Cuts  Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast James Newton Howard: The Prince of Tides Michael Kamen: Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves Elmer Bernstein: From Rambling Rose to Oscar Short Cuts  Jerry Goldsmith: From Basic Instinct To Forever Young Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman: The Last of the Mohicans Short Cuts  Patrick Doyle: Another Great Collaboration Elmer Bernstein: The Age of Innocence and The Good Son John Williams: Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List Short Cuts  Hans Zimmer: The Lion King Alan Silvestri: Forrest Gump James Horner: Legends of the Fall and Clear and Present Danger Short Cuts  Michael Kamen: Mr. Holland’s Opus Two Categories of Film Scores Short Cuts  Elliot Goldenthal: Michael Collins Mark Isham: Fly Away Home Gabriel Yared: The English Patient Short Cuts  Danny Elfman: From Men in Black to Good Will Hunting John Williams: From Rosewood to Amistad James Horner: The Devil’s Own and Titanic Minimalism in Film Music Short Cuts  Bruce Broughton: Lost (and found) in Space Nicola Piovani: Life is Beautiful James Horner: From Deep Impact To Mighty Joe Young Short Cuts Honorable Mentions John Corigliano: The Red Violin James Newton Howard: From The Sixth Sense To Snow Falling On Cedars Jerry Goldsmith: From The Mummy To The 13th Warrior Thomas Newman: American Beauty And The Green Mile Short Cuts Honorable Mentions Postlude End of the Century: Veteran Composers Vs. Newcomers   2000-2009 ••••••The Derivative Decade••••••••• Prelude Popular Music Television Movies  James Newton Howard: An Unbreakable Collaboration James Horner: From A Perfect Storm to The Grinch Hans Zimmer: Gladiator Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Short Cuts Honorable Mentions James Horner: From Iris to A Beautiful Mind John Williams: Music for Robots and Wizards Howard Shore: Scoring a Tolkien Saga Short Cuts Honorable Mentions The Williams\/Spielberg Collaboration Continues James Newton Howard: From Signs to Treasure Planet Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein: Still Going Strong Howard Shore: Continuing the Lord of the Rings Saga Short cuts Honorable Mentions Howard Shore: Lord of the Ring Hans Zimmer: Music for Africans, Samurais, and Pirates Four Scores by James Horner Clint Eastwood as Composer: Mystic River Short cuts Honorable Mentions Footnote to 2003 Alexandre Desplat: Giving Birth James Newton Howard: From Hidalgo to Collateral John Williams: Music for Harry Potter and Tom Hanks Howard Shore: Scoring The Aviator Short Cuts Honorable Mentions Footnote to 2004 End of the Star Wars Saga John Williams: Still more Spielberg Scores Replacement Composers Two Composers for One Superhero Mark Isham: Taking A Crash Course Shot cuts Honorable Mentions  A Touch Of Glass Three Scores By Alexandre Desplat Two Scores By James Newton Howard Three By Zimmer Two By Mychael Danna Short Cuts Honorable Mentions Footnote New Musical Voices from Europe: Dario Marianelli Nicholas Hooper: A New Voice for Harry Potter Michael Giacchino: A New Voice for Pixar Marco Beltrami: A New Voice for Westerns and Die Hard Films Short cuts Honorable Mentions The Son Also Rises: Thomas Newman Alexandre Desplat: Music for a Curious Film A. R. Rrahman: Music for a Slumdog Film Michael Giacchino: Music for a Scoreless Film Short Cuts Honorable Mentions Michael Giacchino: From Video Games to the Oscar James Horner: Scoring Avatar Hans Zimmer: Scoring Music for Super Sleuths Alexandre Desplat: Scoring in Several Genres Marco Beltrami: Scoring the End of the World Short Cuts Honorabale Mentions Postlude   Bibliography  General Index  Index of Titles  Index of Names  About the Author","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038384128343,"sku":"9780810890589","price":127.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810890589.jpg?v=1750940142","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-invisible-art-of-film-music-a-comprehensive-history-a-comprehensive-history-second-edition-9780810890589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}